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  2. 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, [1] [2] [a] were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.

  3. 1976 Tiananmen incident - Wikipedia

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    The death of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, a widely respected senior Chinese leader, on January 8, 1976, prompted the incident.For several years before his death, Zhou was involved in a political power struggle against other senior leaders in the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, with Zhou's most visible and powerful antagonists being the four senior members who came to be called the ...

  4. Dissidents in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

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    The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing (the capital of the People's Republic of China) in 1989.

  5. Tank Man - Wikipedia

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    The PLA soldiers operating the tank then opened a hatch used for entering and exiting the tank, and briefly talked to the man. The incident was filmed and shared to a worldwide audience. Internationally, it is considered one of the most iconic images of all time. [3] [4] [5] Inside China, the image and the accompanying events are subject to ...

  6. The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a three-hour documentary film about the 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square, which culminated in the violent government crackdown on June 4.The film uses archival footage and contemporary interviews with a wide range of Chinese citizens, including workers, students, intellectuals, and government officials, to revisit the events of “Beijing Spring.”

  7. 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and ...

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    On 4 April 2019, the fourth of four Sichuan men who were arrested in 2016 for producing a home-made liquor commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was sentenced to jail for 3 1 ⁄ 2 years. The three other men were also charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", but were instead given suspended sentences.

  8. Tiananmen Square - Wikipedia

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    Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (/ ˈ t j ɛ n ə n m ə n / [1]) is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City.

  9. 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and ...

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    Since 1989, Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese soil where the Tiananmen Square massacre is publicly commemorated. [4] [5] The 31st anniversary is set against the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic and intense political conflict and civil unrest since June 2019.